Gentle Folk

Season 2 Episode 9 - Leisure and Learning

This month’s episode of “Gentle Folk” features a discussion on leisure and learning.  Our guest is Dr. Erin Uminn, Principal of the School of Rhetoric, who earned a PhD in education, and whose dissertation was an extended treatment of what the Greeks called “schole” (pronounced SKO-lay).  If that word looks somewhat familiar, it should; it’s the word from which we get “school,” but its original meaning had more to do with what we might call leisure.  In this podcast, Dr. Uminn provides a fascinating discussion of this concept and its implications for the students and faculty alike.

Season 2 Episode 8 - The Necessity of Beauty at School

In this Episode, Headmaster Heaton interviews Derek Brooks of Benedictus Art and discusses the pursuit of beauty and its necessity within the school context 

Season 2 Episode 7 - Teach Us to Pray: The Book of Common Prayer in the Life of the School Community

Headmaster Heaton joins faculty members Lukas Stock, Jacob Webb, and Jonathan Hart in a thoughtful discussion on the Book of Common Prayer and the ways in which it forms and nourishes the worship and daily rhythms of our school community.

Season 2 Episode 6 - Living Heart to Heart and Life to Life: The Virtue of Generosity

In this episode of Gentle Folk Podcast, Headmaster Heaton sits down with Alumni parent and board member, Nancy Hall, and the school's Director of Development, Dayna Renalds, to discuss how living a generous lifestyle creates unexpected happiness and unity. 

Season 2 Episode 5 - Where We're From and Why We're Here

Headmaster Heaton's recent Convocation address highlights the idea that everyone has come from different backgrounds to walk the same path together at New Covenant Schools.

Season 2 Episode 4 - Understanding the Middle School Student

In this episode, Headmaster Heaton sits down with Middle School Principal Kathryn Martin to discuss the characteristics of a middle school student and how parents can navigate through these early teenage years. 

Five "Heresies" in Classical Education

In this episode Mr. Heaton speaks with guest speaker, Alex Julian with Arcadia Education, about five practices that are "divergent" from what education ought to be within the classical world. 

Supporting The Non-Traditional Learner

In this episode, Headmaster Heaton sits down with Amee Newsome, Director of Student Support at New Covenant, to discuss how best to support non-traditional learners within a classical education classroom.

How to Look Back and How to Move Forward

This is a special edition of the Gentle Folk podcast.  In it, our Headmaster shares two stories you might not have heard about his childhood and about coming of age.  There are several lessons he offers to the class of 2025 which might also be an encouragement to you. 

Classical Education as a Way of Becoming and Being

Is classical education a mode, a method or a way of life?